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Islam and the fine line of academic freedom

  • Written by: Lauren Rosewarne, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne

I’m in my seventeenth year of working at the University of Melbourne: at 37-years-old, that’s a fair chunk of my life in the one place.

This isn’t a love letter to my employer, nevertheless there are lots of reasons I’ve stayed (beyond reluctance to change my email address): the institution’s support of my academic...

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Sunday penalty rates to be phased down

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageACTU secretary Sally McManus has pushed for MPs to pass a bill to stop the phasing in of penalty rate cuts.Mick Tsikas/AAP

The planned reductions in Sunday penalty rates will be phased in between July 1 this year and 2020, with the initial cuts being small ones, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has decided.

The commission rejected calls –...

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Manchester, ritual emotion and the healing power of song

  • Written by: Samantha Dieckmann, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Music, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, University of Melbourne

On Sunday, Ariana Grande played to a packed house of 60,000 fans at Manchester’s Old Trafford Cricket Ground, in tribute to the 22 people killed at Grande’s Dangerous Woman concert in the same city two weeks ago. She was joined on stage by pop stars including Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Pharrell Williams.

One Love...

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Australia's digital strategy needs major readjustment

  • Written by: Ron Johnston, Executive Director, Australian Centre for Innovation, University of Sydney
imageWhen it comes to digital competitiveness, Australia needs to step up and get serious about education.University of Washington/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Australia ranks 15 out of 63 nations when it comes to digital competitiveness, according to a new report from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD). While we’re in the top 20,...

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  1. Anti-siphoning changes a blow to sports fans who want to watch on free-to-air TV
  2. Improving sleep in children with ADHD has some lessons for all parents
  3. As Britain reels from another terror attack, political leaders wobble towards an election
  4. The Australia-China Relations Institute doesn't belong at UTS
  5. How can Australia have too many doctors, but still not meet patient needs?
  6. The NBN: how a national infrastructure dream fell short
  7. Why is it so difficult to prosecute returning fighters?
  8. Erasing history: why Islamic State is blowing up ancient artefacts
  9. Hidden feather patterns tell the story of birds
  10. We can't recycle our way to 'zero waste'
  11. How to escape the media's obsession with Trump and filter him from the web
  12. Australia-China Relations Institute responds to questions on research and funding
  13. Trump’s Paris Retreat is Beijing’s Opportunity
  14. Sex and women's diseases: it's common and important to include men's perspectives
  15. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Paris Agreement and national security
  16. Retelling the biblical Book of Exodus through the eyes of children
  17. One year on, is Australia's cybersecurity strategy on track? Experts respond
  18. 15th-century Chinese sailors have a lesson for Trump about climate policy
  19. Catholic schools' 'alternative' to Safe Schools isn’t all that alternative
  20. Cartels caught ripping off Australian consumers should be hit with bigger fines
  21. Weekly Quiz: in which country is Manuka honey produced?
  22. Health Check: is it safe to express milk before giving birth?
  23. Cheaper cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco slows smoking's downward spiral
  24. Even for those who believe in 'the full Gonski', Labor’s $22 billion figure makes no sense
  25. Fifty years on from the Six Day War, the prospects for Middle East peace remain dim
  26. Australia can’t lose in the global race for cheaper, cleaner energy
  27. Note to Margaret Court: the Bible isn't meant to be read that literally
  28. Time for China and Europe to lead, as Trump dumps the Paris climate deal
  29. Explainer: how much landfill does Australia have?
  30. What causes Alzheimer’s disease? What we know, don’t know and suspect
  31. Making sense of Russiagate: what do Russians think?
  32. A new discovery of gravitational waves has black holes in a spin
  33. Flat white urbanism: there must be better ways to foster a vibrant street life
  34. Worshipping at the church of Ford: how modern brand devotion connects people online
  35. Vital Signs: have we finally reached 'peak' house prices?
  36. Friday essay: power, perils and rites of passage – the history of the female tattoo
  37. Explainer: how does funding work in the Catholic school system?
  38. Grattan on Friday: Now it's the ASIO chief who is the target of the vocal right
  39. In defence of grammar pedantry
  40. How our research is helping clean up coal-mining pollution in a World Heritage-listed river
  41. Politics podcast: Matt Canavan on Adani
  42. Explainer: how proceeds-of-crime law works in Australia
  43. Indonesian Muslim women engage with feminism
  44. Speaking with: Tony Kevin on his return to Moscow and the new Cold War with Russia
  45. Explainer: what is chemotherapy and how does it work?
  46. Not all students with a disability need funding
  47. Taking Asia’s temperature at Shangri-La
  48. Family break-up raises homelessness risk, and critical period is longer for boys
  49. After-hours GP home visits strain the budget (and don't help emergency departments)
  50. Three charts on: Australia's changing drug and alcohol habits

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